skate journal: cool dark park with paul (nov 26, 2025)
Was supposed to be 53 today, but it never got out of the 30s. I met Paul in the afternoon after work and it was cool, but not too bad. We chatted a bit. Warming up was okay, I was back on 8.25/thunder which I liked more, but still hated. Paul was already doing his easy grinds on the ledges. After some warm up we kind of focused on the green box. I did first try accidental 5-0, then nearly lost my mind trying to get a front 50. I would get a few once I finally leaned forward. Paul and I worked on halfcab noseslides. Paul is somehow not good at then so it was nice to have a partner working on such an “easy” trick. We both got some. We did lines of noseslide to fakie the taller wood ledge then halfcab nose the green ledge. I somehow managed to get one on the tall wood ledge which I was happy about. Preston showed and ripped it on his micro board. I didn’t do much else. Flip tricks were whatever, only got the few kf basics. Came somewhat close to kf 50 on the lurb.
(setup 2/10 null time warp 8.25, jessup ultra, thunder hollow 148 t-ii bushings, 52mm spitfire f4 99a pink/green classic, splay rev lt b/w size 12 remind cush insoles)
(pain level 3/10)